02. video / open

[landfall]

[ Here, Barge, have Racetrack who has just woken up from being a Navy sailor and fighting pirates and seriously what the frak. ]

I am so confused.

[ Help. :c ]

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[deshabille]

Is it?

[A sharp look, investigative.]

[landfall]

Usually.

[deshabille]

But not always.

[landfall]

Nothing's always anything.

[deshabille]

No. No, it's not.

Well, I'll endeavor to be mostly cold-blooded in a good way, then.

You've got me at a disadvantage, I think. There's not much I can teach you in return.

[landfall]

How about Triad? You know how to play?

[deshabille]

I've never heard of it.

[landfall]

It's... cards. It's a game.

[deshabille]

Never played it.

It almost seems like you're asking me something, Racetrack.

[landfall]

It's fun, that's all.

[deshabille]

I do like fun.

Maybe you should show me.

[landfall]

See? And I would have missed that, without you. That's enough of an exchange for me.

[deshabille]

You would have missed the opportunity to teach me how to have this specific kind of fun?

[landfall]

To have this very specific kind of fun.

[deshabille]

[She likes you quite a lot, Racetrack. This is an approving smile.]

. . . All right.

I'll wipe the floor with you by the second round, of course.

[landfall]

You're gonna wait until the second?

[ u n i m p r e s s e d ]

[deshabille]

I can't make you feel bad about yourself right away, when you were generous enough not to shoot me in the heart.

[landfall]

[ She leans forward, elbows on the table. ]

Hate to break it to you, but I was aiming for the center of mass. [ She reaches out, and taps just below Mal's collarbones. ] Here.

[deshabille]

Really.

[She almost moves away from the touch, but - doesn't. Her lips curl in a smirk.]

Maybe I won't wait, then.

[landfall]

[ Racetrack pulls away. Because she's not going to hold herself there, that would be awkward. ]

We'll see who comes out on top, won't we?

[deshabille]

We will.

[She taps her lip as though she's thinking, drinks, glances forward.]

It'll be me.

[landfall]

Oh, you wanna frakking bet?

[deshabille]

I do. And I always bet on myself.